2002 Season

FBS Football Rankings

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117 ranked teams

Rank	Team	Champion	Record	Rating	Raw points	Opponent rating	Move
1	Ohio State FBS · Big Ten	★	14–0	364.75	443.38	168.97	—
2	USC FBS · Pac-10	—	11–2	355.41	424.73	200.37	▲ 1
3	Miami FBS · Big East	—	12–1	335.27	401.45	177.36	▼ 1
4	Georgia FBS · SEC	—	13–1	328.77	396.56	172.96	—
5	Oklahoma FBS · Big 12	—	12–2	322.69	389.38	169.97	—
6	Kansas State FBS · Big 12	—	11–2	298.17	373.43	154.76	▲ 1
7	Iowa FBS · Big Ten	—	11–2	289.90	355.19	151.93	▼ 1
8	Alabama FBS · SEC	—	10–3	283.16	330.12	174.84	—
9	Texas FBS · Big 12	—	11–2	282.21	326.63	166.68	▲ 1
10	NC State FBS · ACC	—	11–3	271.94	330.89	158.01	▲ 3
11	Michigan FBS · Big Ten	—	10–3	257.48	276.93	187.18	▲ 4
12	Washington State FBS · Pac-10	—	10–3	254.80	287.03	173.34	▼ 3
13	Auburn FBS · SEC	—	9–4	251.48	281.84	185.72	▲ 4
14	Penn State FBS · Big Ten	—	9–4	250.60	285.99	173.17	▼ 3
15	Maryland FBS · ACC	—	11–3	246.38	285.18	154.92	▲ 7
16	Florida State FBS · ACC	—	9–5	243.96	267.37	191.93	▼ 4
17	Virginia FBS · ACC	—	9–5	237.17	273.48	168.38	▲ 1
18	Virginia Tech FBS · Big East	—	10–4	233.95	266.41	154.85	▲ 3
19	Notre Dame FBS · FBS Independents	—	10–3	232.69	240.28	180.61	▼ 5
20	Pittsburgh FBS · Big East	—	9–4	230.12	264.10	156.97	▼ 1
21	Texas Tech FBS · Big 12	—	9–5	223.88	239.15	182.45	▲ 2
22	Boise State FBS · Western Athletic	—	12–1	219.20	274.82	79.97	▲ 7
23	Colorado FBS · Big 12	—	9–5	216.70	224.90	185.07	▼ 3
24	Boston College FBS · Big East	—	9–4	209.08	237.21	145.29	▲ 1
25	South Florida FBS · FBS Independents	—	9–2	208.20	234.78	132.83	▲ 2
26	Florida FBS · SEC	—	8–5	204.83	205.58	188.68	▼ 2
27	Arkansas FBS · SEC	—	9–5	203.12	207.93	172.86	▼ 11
28	LSU FBS · SEC	—	8–5	195.96	212.04	163.91	▲ 2
29	West Virginia FBS · Big East	—	9–4	191.90	191.96	167.33	▲ 2
30	Wisconsin FBS · Big Ten	—	8–6	187.96	188.63	178.59	▲ 4
31	Tennessee FBS · SEC	—	8–5	187.21	191.03	167.29	▼ 3
32	Washington FBS · Pac-10	—	7–6	180.68	196.20	160.34	▼ 6
33	Oklahoma State FBS · Big 12	—	8–5	180.02	196.17	148.57	▼ 1
34	UCLA FBS · Pac-10	—	8–5	175.42	174.71	164.68	▼ 1
35	Minnesota FBS · Big Ten	—	8–5	171.26	175.28	155.66	▲ 19
36	Oregon State FBS · Pac-10	—	8–5	170.57	179.92	150.07	▼ 1
37	TCU FBS · Conference USA	—	10–2	170.18	193.78	91.95	▲ 7
38	Wake Forest FBS · ACC	—	7–6	164.44	174.46	152.61	▲ 13
39	Arizona State FBS · Pac-10	—	8–6	163.73	164.66	158.05	▼ 2
40	Marshall FBS · Mid-American	—	11–2	163.64	184.55	86.18	▼ 2
41	California FBS · Pac-10	—	7–5	161.95	168.11	152.63	▼ 2
42	North Texas FBS · Sun Belt	—	8–5	158.65	173.08	125.08	—
43	Ole Miss FBS · SEC	—	7–6	158.53	152.64	166.95	▼ 2
44	Kentucky FBS · SEC	—	7–5	157.49	173.49	135.01	▼ 4
45	Purdue FBS · Big Ten	—	7–6	157.35	155.08	164.70	▲ 17
46	Illinois FBS · Big Ten	—	5–7	154.20	168.96	158.07	▲ 1
47	Georgia Tech FBS · ACC	—	7–6	152.14	139.48	167.67	▼ 11
48	Northern Illinois FBS · Mid-American	—	8–4	150.79	172.52	106.53	—
49	Iowa State FBS · Big 12	—	7–7	147.55	119.12	187.12	▼ 6
50	Texas A&M FBS · Big 12	—	6–6	147.35	146.50	157.38	▼ 1
51	Bowling Green FBS · Mid-American	—	9–3	145.25	169.87	83.46	▼ 1
52	Clemson FBS · ACC	—	7–6	140.86	120.03	171.29	—
53	Toledo FBS · Mid-American	—	9–5	139.56	143.31	113.13	—
54	Colorado State FBS · Mountain West	—	10–4	139.53	130.77	118.75	▼ 9
55	Fresno State FBS · Western Athletic	—	9–5	138.41	147.96	107.91	▲ 8
56	Hawai'i FBS · Western Athletic	—	10–4	133.73	133.42	102.01	▼ 1
57	Tulane FBS · Conference USA	—	8–5	131.03	141.46	102.19	▲ 1
58	Nebraska FBS · Big 12	—	7–7	130.80	119.45	155.83	▼ 1
59	Cincinnati FBS · Conference USA	—	7–7	130.70	136.64	130.07	—
60	UConn FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–6	130.40	156.49	108.01	▼ 4
61	Missouri FBS · Big 12	—	5–7	128.95	119.08	160.91	▼ 1
62	Oregon FBS · Pac-10	—	7–6	128.87	117.06	149.67	▼ 16
63	UCF FBS · Mid-American	—	7–5	127.92	144.03	102.06	▼ 2
64	South Carolina FBS · SEC	—	5–7	114.96	98.81	163.93	—
65	Air Force FBS · Mountain West	—	8–5	113.80	110.51	105.49	—
66	Syracuse FBS · Big East	—	4–8	111.18	103.33	157.36	—
67	Southern Miss FBS · Conference USA	—	7–6	108.32	96.39	122.43	—
68	Miami (OH) FBS · Mid-American	—	7–5	106.20	87.69	123.64	—
69	Arizona FBS · Pac-10	—	4–8	103.15	95.91	150.79	—
70	Utah FBS · Mountain West	—	5–6	101.37	116.38	98.61	—
71	New Mexico FBS · Mountain West	—	7–7	96.42	92.99	110.72	—
72	New Mexico State FBS · Sun Belt	—	7–5	95.60	86.92	102.61	—
73	Houston FBS · Conference USA	—	5–7	92.80	93.35	108.77	—
74	Louisville FBS · Conference USA	—	7–6	90.93	76.05	112.19	—
75	Ohio FBS · Mid-American	—	4–8	88.01	91.64	113.48	—
76	Middle Tennessee FBS · Sun Belt	—	4–8	87.45	99.21	106.15	—
77	San José State FBS · Western Athletic	—	6–7	85.39	72.25	116.12	—
78	Michigan State FBS · Big Ten	—	4–8	83.38	55.80	159.77	▲ 1
79	North Carolina FBS · ACC	—	3–9	82.79	47.18	180.95	▲ 1
80	UL Monroe FBS · Sun Belt	—	3–9	80.07	85.00	119.37	▲ 1
81	Stanford FBS · Pac-10	—	2–9	79.90	44.07	185.55	▼ 3
82	Temple FBS · Big East	—	4–8	79.09	44.02	160.00	—
83	UNLV FBS · Mountain West	—	5–7	78.02	77.14	101.93	—
84	Northwestern FBS · Big Ten	—	3–9	73.97	45.78	159.81	▲ 3
85	BYU FBS · Mountain West	—	5–7	73.79	74.97	96.51	▼ 1
86	San Diego State FBS · Mountain West	—	4–9	72.84	72.36	115.48	▼ 1
87	Akron FBS · Mid-American	—	4–8	72.61	64.80	115.08	▼ 1
88	Memphis FBS · Conference USA	—	3–9	70.08	79.74	104.96	▲ 2
89	Vanderbilt FBS · SEC	—	2–10	69.53	37.57	172.33	—
90	Mississippi State FBS · SEC	—	3–9	67.51	41.34	151.33	▼ 2
91	Ball State FBS · Mid-American	—	6–6	66.57	52.07	93.81	—
92	UAB FBS · Conference USA	—	5–7	64.20	53.52	100.12	—
93	Rice FBS · Western Athletic	—	4–7	63.02	68.93	82.40	▲ 1
94	Utah State FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–7	61.57	39.04	112.23	▼ 1
95	Navy FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–10	61.31	57.00	124.16	▲ 1
96	Arkansas State FBS · Sun Belt	—	6–7	61.11	50.52	89.93	▼ 1
97	East Carolina FBS · Conference USA	—	4–8	59.14	42.45	117.59	▲ 1
98	Nevada FBS · Western Athletic	—	5–7	59.06	38.25	107.47	▼ 1
99	Baylor FBS · Big 12	—	3–9	55.16	7.03	164.56	—
100	Western Michigan FBS · Mid-American	—	4–8	54.44	35.83	112.56	—
101	Duke FBS · ACC	—	2–10	51.23	25.15	152.09	▲ 1
102	Indiana FBS · Big Ten	—	3–9	49.71	4.63	155.97	▲ 1
103	Troy FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–8	47.86	49.61	93.77	▼ 2
104	Louisiana Tech FBS · Western Athletic	—	4–8	42.52	15.71	113.33	—
105	SMU FBS · Western Athletic	—	3–9	41.15	33.75	99.37	▲ 2
106	Wyoming FBS · Mountain West	—	2–10	38.42	29.76	110.61	▼ 1
107	Rutgers FBS · Big East	—	1–11	37.82	1.00	159.18	▼ 1
108	Kent State FBS · Mid-American	—	3–9	33.02	1.00	116.27	▲ 1
109	Idaho FBS · Sun Belt	—	2–10	31.95	8.94	119.38	▼ 1
110	Kansas FBS · Big 12	—	2–10	29.87	4.17	128.53	—
111	Louisiana FBS · Sun Belt	—	3–9	28.41	1.00	115.79	—
112	Central Michigan FBS · Mid-American	—	4–8	25.53	1.00	93.37	—
113	Eastern Michigan FBS · Mid-American	—	3–9	21.41	1.00	95.12	—
114	UTEP FBS · Western Athletic	—	2–10	20.06	1.00	102.76	—
115	Tulsa FBS · Western Athletic	—	1–11	14.80	6.06	101.03	—
116	Buffalo FBS · Mid-American	—	1–11	8.75	1.00	93.35	—
117	Army FBS · Conference USA	—	1–11	7.16	1.00	88.80	—